Half way down the setlist was the song requested….the fab ‘Americab Tune’ Inc the lines ‘ you don’t expect to be bright and bon vivant,so far away from home”….so,the request was played and we just about kept straight faces(!
Time for a cuppa now….have a good day
Dave
Christy's reply
“you wanna I should pop the trunk” said the cabbie @ JFK
“just open the boot” said Barney McKenna
Mornin Christy
Last night,John O Dreams buggered off and left me to toss and turn…a few hours ago,I was heartened to read about your great Naas gig.
I also recalled a funny,true story about a misheard lyric Apologies if I’ve told it before…..one night in a folk club,Fred and I were turning up for a Nightshift gig.One of the regulars came for a chat and asked if we could play a song she’d enjoyed th st time she’d heard our version.Despite outr rompting,she didn’t know the title. But,it was a Paul Simon song about vol au vents….now we’re really stumped! We said we’d do our best and started the gig.
Christy's reply
only one thing to do on those sleepless nights,
get up
put on the kettle
make a brew
pick up guitar
pen and paper
get playin
doodlin
composin
conjecturin
anything can happen
Morning Christy
I have a great liking for Matty, which goes down well live too….
The fear an tí eyed him steadily
as he handed him a pint of porter
sayin you must have seen the bishops ghost tonight…….
In the morning all we found was his frozen corpse
at the butt of the curra line
Now Joshua Burnside has a lyric in his song
Higher Places…
He was found in the morning, under the white land. A half-pint of Guinness frozen to his hand. Naked and soulless.
I wonder if the 2 characters in the 2 songs are related?
I asked Joshua if his man’s half pint was a half drunk pint, or just an unsupped glass. He told me it was half finished.
I suspect that Matty finished all of his before meeting his end though.
Regards
Rory
Christy's reply
Johnny Mulhearn has written some great Ballads…I count “Matty” as one of the very best…”Continental Céilí” and “Hard Cases” up there too
“In the pub at half past ten
money for the cure all spent again
tryin to figure out who’s carryin
and where they’ll be that day
forget about the night before
you were flyin for an hour or more
move across to the Cellar Bar
hopin that you’ll see…..
One of them Hard Cases , Soft Faces, that greet you with a deadly smile”
HI Christy,
Another great night by the sound of it.
May in the NCH is getting closer – can’t wait.
It’s been mentioned in dispatches recently about
hearing or singing the wrong words.
This from Waylon Jennings…
“Play Japikta” yells some guy in the crowd.
I don’t know what he’s talking about.
We do a song and then another.
“Play Japikta” he hollers again.
I never take requests,
but I’m curious what he’s asking for.
After the third time, I say
“Man we don’t know that song.”
“You played it last night” comes the response.
I turn to the band. “You guys know Japikta .”
They shake their heads.
Our old friend pipes up again “Play Japikta”
“Okay Mr Wise-ass. You sing the song”
Which he does …
“Japikta fine time to leave me, Lucille”
Well, I’ll be a suck egg mule.
Tabhair Aire
Bourkey
Christy's reply
Japikta….great name..
dont you be wishing your life away Bourkey..the feckin NCH will come around soon enough !!!
one day at a time, the spuds have gotta take root, the evenings slowly stretch, let Spring roll on slowly as the the human race speeds up interminably like there is no tomorrow…
everything gets smaller, faster, blander, greyer, falser ( bad word)
The Bridge in Baltimore an example of where we seem to be heading…. bigger bigger loads, tractors lorries, planes….
I imagine a Combine Harvester so big that the entire Island can be harvested in one day from Malin to Mizen, not one corncrake to be heard..
I need a coffee
Hi Christy, after having explored some of the places you sang and talked about today the concert was of course the highlight – for sure not only of this day!!! It was hot 😅 !
It’s great to see young and old, people from far and near all together enjoying your songs! Glad to listen to your debut of Darkness before the Dawn! And it’s a pleasure to meet some 4711ers face to face! Really precious side effects of your music – thank you and your whole team so much!
Happy Easter!
Birgit
Christy's reply
welcome back Birgit….it was hot and steamy last night….thats the way we like it…nothing as bad as a cold venue with that interminable A/C that cant be turned off… AI turns on the AC and we all freeze to death (until the grid goes down)
Hi Christy .Despite all of my travels over the years, this was my first gig in Nass, I’m ahead of the Lilly Whites now, “one in a row “ in the Bag !!!
You really nailed it tonight, full on from the get go….. and “Darkness before the Dawn “ was just brilliant. It must be an amazing experience to be on stage singing a new song while the writer is in the Room?.
Another fantastic audience, joined in at all the right times and showed respect when required.
Thanks Christy, really, really enjoyed it.
Ride on.
Patsy
Christy's reply
the first outing of a song is always challenging..with the writer in the room comes an added dimension of apprehension…last night went well…lovely too to see the writer Pete Kavanagh being lauded in his home town…great to meet him afterwards with his wife Pamela who grew up in Newbridge…I well remember her late Father….I deeply value such connections with me early ears….the local songs rang out for me last night…” Lily of The Shortgrass”, “Bogman”, “Curragh of Kildare”,Honda 50″ and “Darkness before the Dawn” all brought sense of home to the gig…not forgetting “The Ballad of Ruby Walsh” with Ted himself sitting in the third row with members of his family… a good nights work from all the team…
Thanks Christy for the shout out and The Voyage. Beautiful job. I was very happy to be in the audience for the debut of your new song, another great one.
Happy trails to you, see you down the road.
Cheers
Stella.
Have a great gig. Naas is such a top place…thoughts of Veronica Guerin always.
I’m back in the present now,having been immersed in 1950s Salford for the afternoon. Via a Royal Exchange Theatre matinee of ‘A Taste of Honey’…Shelagh Delaney’s writing as sharp as ever with an ace cast.
The play included brilliant singing by Nishla Smith. Cleverly,verses of ‘Dirty Old Town’punctuated the production,with subtly varied recorded accompaniment.
Hopefully,some readers may get chance to see this gem of live,in the round,theatre …But.widely accessible online is a fine collection of Shirley Baker’s photos,taken in Salford around the time the play is set.
All the best
Dave
Christy's reply
I sang “Veronica” towards the end of tonights concert in Naas…..great gathering of listeners….in the front row I had an 80 year old lady who likes “The Crack was 90” …also a 7 year old from Lemington Spa looking for “Ordinary Man” and “Beeswing ” …he sang every word and never missed a beat….( he was fast asleep by the end !!!)
debuted a song “Darkness before the Dawn “…the writer was in the second row…Pete Kavanagh….first performance always a challenge,but it was well recieved
you describe your “Taste of Honey” experience really well…how I’d love to see that performance ….
Morning Christy
Looking forward to tonight in Killashee.
My daughter asked you to sign a cassette tape of the Spirit of freedom album the other day in school in Newbridge.
She loved every minute of that day
You are an inspiration to many generations. She asked to listen to before the deluge on the way home.
Any chance if your feeling it to play either the boy from tamlaghtduff or before the Deluge.
Up Moorefield, Up Newbridge
Killian
Christy's reply
Just getting ready here now Killian…. the Jackdaws/Crows/Ravens are cawing and swooping around Killashee tonight as crowds gather and tension mounts….its always great to get back close to home where this journey first began…this particular venue has history for me…100 years ago it was a convent school which our Father attended…never got to hear his side of that story as he died very young…but every time I play here I think of him and imagine him listening…I was the eldest of 6 ..the youngest is singing in Sydney tonight….he wrote a song to our Father called “The Man is alive in me”……Andy Moore (1915-1956)
Did anyone see that news item this morning. A kind person rescued a stranded baby hedgehog and took it to an animal shelter. It turned out to be a hat bobble…
Rebecca
Christy's reply
Quadruple Gulp !!!!
that brings me right back 56 years…..
when my sister Anne married Davoc Rynne there followed an almighty night of music in a Georgian Cellar…Liam Óg and Paddy sat facing each other , chanters almost touching and took off into an endless medley of piping reels…gradually the cellar fell still… all cavorting and canoodling ceased as, one by one, we fell beneath the spell of our beloved Piping maestros…..
the newly weds did not leave for their honeymoon ’til long after dawn…. many of us moved to Pat Dowling’s Pub at opening time where the Party revived and we somehow managed to get another day out of it..
Davoc Rynne has just released his second album of music
Hi Christy, so looking forward to the show in Naas tonight. On my way back from Spain to Newfoundland decided to stop over and see you again. My request would be The Voyage and Sonny’s Dream.
Cheers.
I’ve tickets to see you tomorrow night for the fifth time, but the first time in the Homeland, so very excited.
Wondering if ‘The Curragh of Kildare’ could make an appearance. That and ‘The Reel in the Flickering Light’ are two of my favourites I’m yet to hear you perform live.
I have it recorded and sounding not too shabby. The melody is not dissimilar to The Big Marquee …
Ath Cliath I Mo Chraoi Go Deo
I took a wander down by Grafton St, to hear the Buskers play
I bumped into the Wooley O’Maonlai, and he stopped to say G’Day.
We’d a pint in the International, it turned into 2 or 3,
There’s magic in the Dublin air on tap for you and me.
I took a stroll to the Poolbeg Lighthouse, where the Seagulls duck n dive,
When you’re 2 mile out in Dublin Bay, sure its great to be alive.
I heard the ghosts of Luke and Ronnie, the bauld Phil Lynnott too,
Cos the Boys are back in Town now lads, calling out to me and you.
She’s split by the river Liffey, when the tide is high or low,
Baile Ath Cliath I mo chraoi go deo, Ath Cliath I mo chraoi go deo.
We were raised on Songs and Stories, singing all our cares away,
Deeply steeped in the GAA, playing ball to pass the day.
When its matchday down at Croker, the home of a Gaelic Soul,
There’s magic memories in the air of the Dubs and the 6 in a row.
I was down by Heuston station when I heard the shocking news,
MacGowans gone into the Mystic, still singing his punk and blues.
By the grave of Sinead O’connor, later that same day,
Her Headstone it read God is Love, cos Love is the only way.
She’s split by the river Liffey, when the tide is high or low,
Baile Ath Cliath I mo chraoi go deo, Ath Cliath I mo chraoi go deo.
I jumped on a bus to the 40 foot, stoppin off to pick up me Guitar,
But heres the thing, sure I broke a string, so I didn’t get very far.
I was singin the auld triangle with the ghost of Brendan Behan,
Then I’d a coffee at 11, and a stroll in Stephens Green.
She’s split by the river Liffey, when the tide is high or low,
Baile Ath Cliath I mo chraoi go deo, Ath Cliath I mo chraoi go deo.
Now this song is nearly over, theres not much left to say,
Shout out to a few more heroes, then I’ll be on me way.
Damo the Bard of Donaghmede, U2 on Killiney Hill,
Christy Moore and Aslan at Vicar St, all singing Spancill Hill.
Cluxton, Connolly, Brogan and Kevin Mac, what a side,
Roddy Doyle and Colm Meaney … any chance of the ride?
Kevin Moran, Ronnie Whelan and Big Jack, here’s to you
Well its Ooh Aah, Paul McGrath and hes singin The Foggy Dew.
She’s split by the river Liffey, when the tide is high or low,
Baile Ath Cliath I mo chraoi go deo, Ath Cliath I mo chraoi go deo.
She’s split by the river Liffey, when the tide is high or low,
Baile Ath Cliath I mo chraoi go deo, Ath Cliath I mo chraoi go deo.
Christy's reply
well done DP….
that s a grand ballad
all the way from Queensland
heart a the rowl…a touch of the raw bar
hope you sing it out loud and proud
G’Day Christy … a wise man once told me how he produced the work of art known as Joxer Goes to Stuttgart by … and I quote … ‘borrowing from Behan, Seeger & Dylan and numerous other tune adapters, borrowers and plagiarisers encountered along the way’
I took his advice and came up with an oul tune that in essence is a Love Letter to Dublin.
Would it be out of order to request a means to send it on for your consideration ??
Delusional Dub in exile Down Under 🤞
Christy's reply
post it here if you wish…
we all harbour delusions here…
Hello Christy,
Well, I seem to have worked out a new practice routine.
It’s
Harp and humming
Harp and singing
Tune mandolin
Strum mandolin
Shred finger tips on mandolin
I’m liking that the beginning of Musgrave has only two chords. I’ve found a sheet of magic chords from a group online called The Mandolin Cafe. All the chords use only two fingers!!!
Thank you Christy for your answer. I searched for Jim,Page’s song Palestine and found it on you tube. I tried to hear you singing it, it would have sounded different, isn’t it?
I hope to hear you at a gig again someday, the last time it was on january 2 2020 at Vicar Street.
Christy's reply
its starting to sound different from Jim’s original version…it will be available to hear in due course….some may have a live version already…perhaps they might share
Dear rebecca, our vowels are a thing of beauty in the scottish borders…..we feel left out (ish).
Saw peter kay live 3 weeks ago and could hardly have been more let down, he is however a comedy great ( phoenix nights a gem)….and i suppose we all have off nights.
Rory
Christy's reply
good to know that Peter is back on the boards after a long enforced lay off
Hi C. Some sad news from Carrick on Suir, it seems that Michael Coady has passed, he produced some remarkable work. I only shared this poem the other day for World Poetry Day, may his rest be peaceful, his art with endure. https://youtu.be/1-LjviV9pg4?si=TfoEJn5dZguOsDkg Beir bua agus beannacht. H
Hi Christy, congrats on another great show in Limerick last Friday. My son Kieran was with me and you gave him a great shout-out and your song sheet at the end. It was an incredible night for him to make his concert going debut, so thanks for making it extra special for him. I hope he doesn’t expect to get that treatment every time he goes to an event! Looking forward to seeing you again soon, Thanks again, Mark and Kieran
Hard to beat Peter, he’s got be among the very best, tells it in a ‘warm’ sense of humour, one senses, that from somewhere, he’s relating his own story but with that vital sense of humour. Who knows the one about people carrying chairs around a housing estate on a Christmas Day? Great.
Half way down the setlist was the song requested….the fab ‘Americab Tune’ Inc the lines ‘ you don’t expect to be bright and bon vivant,so far away from home”….so,the request was played and we just about kept straight faces(!
Time for a cuppa now….have a good day
Dave
“you wanna I should pop the trunk” said the cabbie @ JFK
“just open the boot” said Barney McKenna
Mornin Christy
Last night,John O Dreams buggered off and left me to toss and turn…a few hours ago,I was heartened to read about your great Naas gig.
I also recalled a funny,true story about a misheard lyric Apologies if I’ve told it before…..one night in a folk club,Fred and I were turning up for a Nightshift gig.One of the regulars came for a chat and asked if we could play a song she’d enjoyed th st time she’d heard our version.Despite outr rompting,she didn’t know the title. But,it was a Paul Simon song about vol au vents….now we’re really stumped! We said we’d do our best and started the gig.
only one thing to do on those sleepless nights,
get up
put on the kettle
make a brew
pick up guitar
pen and paper
get playin
doodlin
composin
conjecturin
anything can happen
Morning Christy
I have a great liking for Matty, which goes down well live too….
The fear an tí eyed him steadily
as he handed him a pint of porter
sayin you must have seen the bishops ghost tonight…….
In the morning all we found was his frozen corpse
at the butt of the curra line
Now Joshua Burnside has a lyric in his song
Higher Places…
He was found in the morning, under the white land. A half-pint of Guinness frozen to his hand. Naked and soulless.
I wonder if the 2 characters in the 2 songs are related?
I asked Joshua if his man’s half pint was a half drunk pint, or just an unsupped glass. He told me it was half finished.
I suspect that Matty finished all of his before meeting his end though.
Regards
Rory
Johnny Mulhearn has written some great Ballads…I count “Matty” as one of the very best…”Continental Céilí” and “Hard Cases” up there too
“In the pub at half past ten
money for the cure all spent again
tryin to figure out who’s carryin
and where they’ll be that day
forget about the night before
you were flyin for an hour or more
move across to the Cellar Bar
hopin that you’ll see…..
One of them Hard Cases , Soft Faces, that greet you with a deadly smile”
HI Christy,
Another great night by the sound of it.
May in the NCH is getting closer – can’t wait.
It’s been mentioned in dispatches recently about
hearing or singing the wrong words.
This from Waylon Jennings…
“Play Japikta” yells some guy in the crowd.
I don’t know what he’s talking about.
We do a song and then another.
“Play Japikta” he hollers again.
I never take requests,
but I’m curious what he’s asking for.
After the third time, I say
“Man we don’t know that song.”
“You played it last night” comes the response.
I turn to the band. “You guys know Japikta .”
They shake their heads.
Our old friend pipes up again “Play Japikta”
“Okay Mr Wise-ass. You sing the song”
Which he does …
“Japikta fine time to leave me, Lucille”
Well, I’ll be a suck egg mule.
Tabhair Aire
Bourkey
Japikta….great name..
dont you be wishing your life away Bourkey..the feckin NCH will come around soon enough !!!
one day at a time, the spuds have gotta take root, the evenings slowly stretch, let Spring roll on slowly as the the human race speeds up interminably like there is no tomorrow…
everything gets smaller, faster, blander, greyer, falser ( bad word)
The Bridge in Baltimore an example of where we seem to be heading…. bigger bigger loads, tractors lorries, planes….
I imagine a Combine Harvester so big that the entire Island can be harvested in one day from Malin to Mizen, not one corncrake to be heard..
I need a coffee
Hi Christy, after having explored some of the places you sang and talked about today the concert was of course the highlight – for sure not only of this day!!! It was hot 😅 !
It’s great to see young and old, people from far and near all together enjoying your songs! Glad to listen to your debut of Darkness before the Dawn! And it’s a pleasure to meet some 4711ers face to face! Really precious side effects of your music – thank you and your whole team so much!
Happy Easter!
Birgit
welcome back Birgit….it was hot and steamy last night….thats the way we like it…nothing as bad as a cold venue with that interminable A/C that cant be turned off… AI turns on the AC and we all freeze to death (until the grid goes down)
Hi Christy .Despite all of my travels over the years, this was my first gig in Nass, I’m ahead of the Lilly Whites now, “one in a row “ in the Bag !!!
You really nailed it tonight, full on from the get go….. and “Darkness before the Dawn “ was just brilliant. It must be an amazing experience to be on stage singing a new song while the writer is in the Room?.
Another fantastic audience, joined in at all the right times and showed respect when required.
Thanks Christy, really, really enjoyed it.
Ride on.
Patsy
the first outing of a song is always challenging..with the writer in the room comes an added dimension of apprehension…last night went well…lovely too to see the writer Pete Kavanagh being lauded in his home town…great to meet him afterwards with his wife Pamela who grew up in Newbridge…I well remember her late Father….I deeply value such connections with me early ears….the local songs rang out for me last night…” Lily of The Shortgrass”, “Bogman”, “Curragh of Kildare”,Honda 50″ and “Darkness before the Dawn” all brought sense of home to the gig…not forgetting “The Ballad of Ruby Walsh” with Ted himself sitting in the third row with members of his family… a good nights work from all the team…
Thanks Christy for the shout out and The Voyage. Beautiful job. I was very happy to be in the audience for the debut of your new song, another great one.
Happy trails to you, see you down the road.
Cheers
Stella.
safe travels back to Newfoundland…
Hi Christy
Have a great gig. Naas is such a top place…thoughts of Veronica Guerin always.
I’m back in the present now,having been immersed in 1950s Salford for the afternoon. Via a Royal Exchange Theatre matinee of ‘A Taste of Honey’…Shelagh Delaney’s writing as sharp as ever with an ace cast.
The play included brilliant singing by Nishla Smith. Cleverly,verses of ‘Dirty Old Town’punctuated the production,with subtly varied recorded accompaniment.
Hopefully,some readers may get chance to see this gem of live,in the round,theatre …But.widely accessible online is a fine collection of Shirley Baker’s photos,taken in Salford around the time the play is set.
All the best
Dave
I sang “Veronica” towards the end of tonights concert in Naas…..great gathering of listeners….in the front row I had an 80 year old lady who likes “The Crack was 90” …also a 7 year old from Lemington Spa looking for “Ordinary Man” and “Beeswing ” …he sang every word and never missed a beat….( he was fast asleep by the end !!!)
debuted a song “Darkness before the Dawn “…the writer was in the second row…Pete Kavanagh….first performance always a challenge,but it was well recieved
you describe your “Taste of Honey” experience really well…how I’d love to see that performance ….
Morning Christy
Looking forward to tonight in Killashee.
My daughter asked you to sign a cassette tape of the Spirit of freedom album the other day in school in Newbridge.
She loved every minute of that day
You are an inspiration to many generations. She asked to listen to before the deluge on the way home.
Any chance if your feeling it to play either the boy from tamlaghtduff or before the Deluge.
Up Moorefield, Up Newbridge
Killian
Just getting ready here now Killian…. the Jackdaws/Crows/Ravens are cawing and swooping around Killashee tonight as crowds gather and tension mounts….its always great to get back close to home where this journey first began…this particular venue has history for me…100 years ago it was a convent school which our Father attended…never got to hear his side of that story as he died very young…but every time I play here I think of him and imagine him listening…I was the eldest of 6 ..the youngest is singing in Sydney tonight….he wrote a song to our Father called “The Man is alive in me”……Andy Moore (1915-1956)
Hello Christy,
Something for a breezy morning.
https://youtu.be/6IuSEUrt63M?si=2UVZC7Dhnj4sQMGk
Did anyone see that news item this morning. A kind person rescued a stranded baby hedgehog and took it to an animal shelter. It turned out to be a hat bobble…
Rebecca
Quadruple Gulp !!!!
that brings me right back 56 years…..
when my sister Anne married Davoc Rynne there followed an almighty night of music in a Georgian Cellar…Liam Óg and Paddy sat facing each other , chanters almost touching and took off into an endless medley of piping reels…gradually the cellar fell still… all cavorting and canoodling ceased as, one by one, we fell beneath the spell of our beloved Piping maestros…..
the newly weds did not leave for their honeymoon ’til long after dawn…. many of us moved to Pat Dowling’s Pub at opening time where the Party revived and we somehow managed to get another day out of it..
Davoc Rynne has just released his second album of music
Hi Christy, so looking forward to the show in Naas tonight. On my way back from Spain to Newfoundland decided to stop over and see you again. My request would be The Voyage and Sonny’s Dream.
Cheers.
loading up here
Hi Christy,
I’ve tickets to see you tomorrow night for the fifth time, but the first time in the Homeland, so very excited.
Wondering if ‘The Curragh of Kildare’ could make an appearance. That and ‘The Reel in the Flickering Light’ are two of my favourites I’m yet to hear you perform live.
Looking forward to hearing the ballads.
Conor
me too Conor…catch you later
Too generous as always Christy …
I have it recorded and sounding not too shabby. The melody is not dissimilar to The Big Marquee …
Ath Cliath I Mo Chraoi Go Deo
I took a wander down by Grafton St, to hear the Buskers play
I bumped into the Wooley O’Maonlai, and he stopped to say G’Day.
We’d a pint in the International, it turned into 2 or 3,
There’s magic in the Dublin air on tap for you and me.
I took a stroll to the Poolbeg Lighthouse, where the Seagulls duck n dive,
When you’re 2 mile out in Dublin Bay, sure its great to be alive.
I heard the ghosts of Luke and Ronnie, the bauld Phil Lynnott too,
Cos the Boys are back in Town now lads, calling out to me and you.
She’s split by the river Liffey, when the tide is high or low,
Baile Ath Cliath I mo chraoi go deo, Ath Cliath I mo chraoi go deo.
We were raised on Songs and Stories, singing all our cares away,
Deeply steeped in the GAA, playing ball to pass the day.
When its matchday down at Croker, the home of a Gaelic Soul,
There’s magic memories in the air of the Dubs and the 6 in a row.
I was down by Heuston station when I heard the shocking news,
MacGowans gone into the Mystic, still singing his punk and blues.
By the grave of Sinead O’connor, later that same day,
Her Headstone it read God is Love, cos Love is the only way.
She’s split by the river Liffey, when the tide is high or low,
Baile Ath Cliath I mo chraoi go deo, Ath Cliath I mo chraoi go deo.
I jumped on a bus to the 40 foot, stoppin off to pick up me Guitar,
But heres the thing, sure I broke a string, so I didn’t get very far.
I was singin the auld triangle with the ghost of Brendan Behan,
Then I’d a coffee at 11, and a stroll in Stephens Green.
She’s split by the river Liffey, when the tide is high or low,
Baile Ath Cliath I mo chraoi go deo, Ath Cliath I mo chraoi go deo.
Now this song is nearly over, theres not much left to say,
Shout out to a few more heroes, then I’ll be on me way.
Damo the Bard of Donaghmede, U2 on Killiney Hill,
Christy Moore and Aslan at Vicar St, all singing Spancill Hill.
Cluxton, Connolly, Brogan and Kevin Mac, what a side,
Roddy Doyle and Colm Meaney … any chance of the ride?
Kevin Moran, Ronnie Whelan and Big Jack, here’s to you
Well its Ooh Aah, Paul McGrath and hes singin The Foggy Dew.
She’s split by the river Liffey, when the tide is high or low,
Baile Ath Cliath I mo chraoi go deo, Ath Cliath I mo chraoi go deo.
She’s split by the river Liffey, when the tide is high or low,
Baile Ath Cliath I mo chraoi go deo, Ath Cliath I mo chraoi go deo.
well done DP….
that s a grand ballad
all the way from Queensland
heart a the rowl…a touch of the raw bar
hope you sing it out loud and proud
G’Day Christy … a wise man once told me how he produced the work of art known as Joxer Goes to Stuttgart by … and I quote … ‘borrowing from Behan, Seeger & Dylan and numerous other tune adapters, borrowers and plagiarisers encountered along the way’
I took his advice and came up with an oul tune that in essence is a Love Letter to Dublin.
Would it be out of order to request a means to send it on for your consideration ??
Delusional Dub in exile Down Under 🤞
post it here if you wish…
we all harbour delusions here…
Hello Christy,
Well, I seem to have worked out a new practice routine.
It’s
Harp and humming
Harp and singing
Tune mandolin
Strum mandolin
Shred finger tips on mandolin
I’m liking that the beginning of Musgrave has only two chords. I’ve found a sheet of magic chords from a group online called The Mandolin Cafe. All the chords use only two fingers!!!
Rebecca
Ps, I’m sorry that I missed your vowels out Rory.
way to go…keep developing muscle memory
Thank you Christy for your answer. I searched for Jim,Page’s song Palestine and found it on you tube. I tried to hear you singing it, it would have sounded different, isn’t it?
I hope to hear you at a gig again someday, the last time it was on january 2 2020 at Vicar Street.
its starting to sound different from Jim’s original version…it will be available to hear in due course….some may have a live version already…perhaps they might share
Dear rebecca, our vowels are a thing of beauty in the scottish borders…..we feel left out (ish).
Saw peter kay live 3 weeks ago and could hardly have been more let down, he is however a comedy great ( phoenix nights a gem)….and i suppose we all have off nights.
Rory
good to know that Peter is back on the boards after a long enforced lay off
Hi C. Some sad news from Carrick on Suir, it seems that Michael Coady has passed, he produced some remarkable work. I only shared this poem the other day for World Poetry Day, may his rest be peaceful, his art with endure.
https://youtu.be/1-LjviV9pg4?si=TfoEJn5dZguOsDkg Beir bua agus beannacht. H
RIP Michael Coady…
also Imogen Stuart
Hi Christy, congrats on another great show in Limerick last Friday. My son Kieran was with me and you gave him a great shout-out and your song sheet at the end. It was an incredible night for him to make his concert going debut, so thanks for making it extra special for him. I hope he doesn’t expect to get that treatment every time he goes to an event! Looking forward to seeing you again soon, Thanks again, Mark and Kieran
twas a pleasure
Hard to beat Peter, he’s got be among the very best, tells it in a ‘warm’ sense of humour, one senses, that from somewhere, he’s relating his own story but with that vital sense of humour. Who knows the one about people carrying chairs around a housing estate on a Christmas Day? Great.
across the road